History Department Lecture Series Moves to Central Library

The "Thinking with the Past" lecture series has found a new home at the Parkway Central Library. Sponsored by the history department, "Thinking with the Past" features Penn historians discussing their recent books. The series, which debuted last spring, will hold its 2012-2013 lectures at the Parkway Central Library at 1901 Vine Street.

December's lecture will be led by Eve Troutt Powell, an associate professor of history. Troutt Powell, a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, will address themes in the film The Help and representations of black women in the movie, the legacies of slavery in the Middle East, and the pitfalls of research she conducted for her most recent book Tell This in My Memory: Stories of Enslavement from Egypt, Sudan and the Ottoman Empire.

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